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Cisco Nexus 4000 Blade Switch

September 29th, 2009 · No Comments · CISCO, Nexus 4000

Cisco’s vision of the unified data center took another step forward today with the announcement of the Nexus 4000 series blade center switches. This switch is another step forward in Cisco’s view of a true multiprotocol network. What does this mean? In Cisco’s view of the world this means supporting the transport of Fibre Channel, [...]

Cisco Unified Computing System Quoting and Configuration with Netformx

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments · B-Series, CISCO, Cisco 2100 Fabric Extender, Cisco 6120XP, Cisco 6140XP, Cisco B Series Blades, Cisco Server Array Manager SAM, Cisco UCS B200, Cisco UCS B250, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Unified Computing System Managerm UCSM

What I would like to share today is a video guide on how to properly create a Unified Computing System (UCS) Bill of Materials (BOM), and how to route that BOM into the appropriate ordering system. You may notice that I am using a tool called Netformx. You may ask – since this is a [...]

Confusion about Cisco UCS pricing – Setting the Record Straight

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · CISCO, Cisco B Series Blades, Cisco UCS B200, Cisco UCS B250, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Unified Computing System Managerm UCSM, cloud computing, Paginated

I read an interesting article in the Channel Register written by Timothy Pricket Morgan today. In his article - Cisco California pricing revealed, $3,000 for a blade with no innards he attempts to position UCS as a horribly overpriced system where Cisco is egregiously marking up components. A pretty strong statement from his article is listed [...]

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